Witches can see in the dark

Motif

Witches can see in the dark.

Ogres. · Kinds of ogres. · Witches. · Habits of witches. · view the constellation · filed as G249.10

Scholars’ trail — 1reference

The index’s own references — the collections where scholars sighted this story-shape, tradition by tradition. Titles on our shelf are live links; the rest is the frontier, not yet shelved.

EnglandBaughman.

Within the index

Filed under Habits of witches – miscellaneous.

1 finer motif beneath it

Witches use eyes of animals to travel at night. They leave their own eyes at home, substitute those of an animal. (Cf. E781.1.)

Filed beside it

Witches drive herds of deer Witches scream Witch enters and leaves house by chimney. (Cf. F275, G242.1.)Witch returns late home and leaves early Witches boil cauldron of wizardry (cook dog)Witch followed by husband; dies when discovered. (Cf. G252.)Witches go through keyholes. (Cf. F304.3.)Witches open doors and windows. (Cf. E338.1.1.4.)Witches vanish from prison Witches rock empty chairs. (Cf. F473.2.1.)

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